The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-05-07
DATA.
Tie Career, Accomplishments and Virtues
of T~heodwinkle Brown, Esq.

WI. ll'Du W lin ~ IlOWi IlSii., Is bllo
of the earliest settlers in Wumpville-
if he ever takes Il notion to settle at
all. He was born in 1929 and a log
cabin, and his earliest years were the
first which his childhood could claim.
He early began to attend no school and
laid the strong foundation of no educa-
ton, though a boy living next door to
him went to college. When the wal
broke out with Mexico the patriotic
blood in his veins was greatly stirred,
and he set in to learn the carpenter
trade. When the battle of Bucna Vista
was fought he couldn't wait any longer,
so he threw down his tools and offered
his services TO a cooper and worked at
that trade. When General Taylor was
elected President he looked around for
a good man for his Secretary of War,
but Brown was overlooked.
He decided to enter the political
field, and, as there was to be Il Com
gressional vacancy in his district, he
boldly entered the next political con
v@ention and announced his name as q
candidate for street commissioner. and
was elected. By this time he had sue
cecded in accommodating a small proper
ty and Il large family, but he RETAINED
from being u bloatel aristocrat. In
1858 he did not Join any church and be-
come one of the leading deacons in it,
constantly to be seca in his pew, and
gaining the praise Of all the brethren
in the church. In the matter of relig-
ion he always remained neutral. His
honesty was never qucstionea-a great
deal, and he never chased the beggar
away from his door, unless he hap
pencd to be at home at the time.
In the civil war his very soul was
fired in the cause Of the Union, and his
friends found it impossible to keep him
at home. while others were fighting as
the front. so he vas allowed to 60 with
the draft. II, went. but dcspairing of
capturing the Confederacy, he allowed
4 substitute to take his place, the lat
ter turning ont to be one of the bravest
soldiers of the war. Brown always
takes great pride in speaking of the
deeds of this man which he gave to his
country at such a great outlay.
Then he entered the field Of litera-
ture and contributed articles, short and
to the point, to his home paper under
the nom de PRIME Of "A Constant Sub
scriber,n and succeeded so well
that it is almost impossible to
pick up a country paper in the
land that does not contain
something from his agile pen over his
nom. The world is familiar with it.
He justly feels his Importance over his
rival, "A Constant Reader because,
he maintains, ''Rcaler' does not sig
Nifty that he is Il subscriber all the time;
he might be Il borrower.
Some of his critics say he lacks i'm
agination, but I beg leave to come to
his rescue and say that what he writes
is all the purest imagination to the last
statement. H. has an active fancy,
which is manifest in all that he writes.
His articles are not surpassed even by
belief, and to his credit it can be said
that he uses nothing but the purcst ink
unless the flies should happen to get
in it.
BY a ten-foot pole. Mr.. Brown
measured nearly six feet or less in his
stockings. with holes in the heels or
heels in the holes. He talks and en-
courages temperance, and regrets that
he can not practice it, but he takes only
one glass at a time. BY constantly
writing with his head close to a hot
lamp chimney, and his tongue out, he
has become bald, but he hopes when he
gets into his second childhood. that he
will have a second crop of hair. His
step is tirm-whcn he is going down
town in the evening. He does not show
his years-only when he can not pos
sibly avoid it. Mr.. Browns line is just
$40 years old. beyond that he had no
ancestors. He is proud Of his name.
since it has spread all over the world
and so many people wear it. No mat
ter, he SAYS, where YOU are, if YOU ask
any one if he knows Brown you will be
answered. Certainly, know Brown
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